How to Prevent Your Hair Loss! A Guide To Encounter And Prevent With Hair Loss

By Vincent Rushton

• Understanding the foundations of hair: what it is, how it grows, and what system faults might cause it to stop growing is the best place to start when avoiding hair loss.
• In this booklet will cover everything for you. Please keep in mind that the information offered here is not from a medical practitioner, and that any and all dietary and medical decisions should be made in consultation with your own medical and health practitioners.
• This book only provides overviews of hair loss prevention studies for educational reasons and is not intended to substitute medical advice from a licensed physician.
• Grab the book to prevent your hair loss now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vincent Rushton
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215040751

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Keratins, the proteins that hair is composed of, allow it to grow faster than any other kind of human tissue. The innermost layer, or medulla, is only found in extremely thick hairs; the intermediate layer, or cortex, defines the hair's strength, texture, and color; and the outermost layer, or cuticle, protects the cortex. Roots for hair develop in sacs called follicles. The dermal papilla lies underneath this and is nourished by the bloodstream, which carries nutrients essential to hair development. The visible portion of hair is dead tissue that cannot mend itself; only the roots are living. Care for the scalp and the rest of the body is essential for continued hair growth and health. Treatments that purport to cure and nourish the hair that is visible to the naked eye are sometimes rather pricey.

Androgens, particularly testosterone, may reduce the size of hair follicles, leading to thinning hair and eventually bald spots. Among human tissues, only bone marrow is said to multiply at a quicker rate than hair. There are between 100,000 and 150,000 hair follicles and hairs on the normal human scalp, with 90% of them actively developing and 10% dormant. There are three distinct phases of hair growth: anagen, catagen, and telogen. On the anagen phase, hair is actively growing. This phase is more prolonged in the scalp than in other areas of the body, and in women than in males. The catagen phase is a normal part of the hair growth cycle during which follicles shrink and hair falls off. The follicle will soon enter the resting telogen phase after this short-lived phase. These make up the aforementioned dormant 10%. Normal anagen stages last around five years, catagen phases last about three weeks, and telogen phases last about twelve weeks. Thus, it is clear that some hair loss is normal. The average rate of hair loss due to normal aging is around 100 strands each day. In most cases, hair loss isn't noticed until more than half of a person's hair has been gone.

Chapter 2: Extra Information about Hair and the Mechanisms of Hair Loss

While both men and women are susceptible to thinning hair, male pattern baldness (also called androgenetic alopecia) affects over half of males by middle age. Hair loss results from a sensitivity to the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. The male hormone testosterone is converted by the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase into the androgenic chemical DHT, the ultimate cause of hair thinning and loss.

A scale known as the Norwood Scale has been developed to codify the typical progression of hair loss (see figure 1). The Norwood Scale classifies seven distinct hair loss patterns, from Norwood I (no thinning or balding) to Norwood VII (severe thinning and balding). A receding hairline may be seen in Norwood III, just as it can be seen in Norwood II, but the hairline recedes farther into the frontal and temporal regions. A more pronounced frontal and temporal hairline recession is associated with Norwood Scale Type IV. Also, there is a thinning spot right in the middle of the top of the head, but there is still a patch of hair connecting the back of the head to the front. Type V on the Norwood Scale describes a gradual weakening of the bridge between the forehead and the crown, or vertex. When the Norwood Scale reaches Type VI, the connection between the forehead and the chin is no longer there. The seventh and final

Norwood hair loss type is characterized by thinning hair all the way to the crown and along the sides, just above the ears. Norwood patterns are inherited.

Figure 1. Norwood Scale

Some fascinating insights on hair loss's causes and treatments date back to antiquity. They found that eunuchs, or guys without genitalia, never had hair loss. Accidental castration in combat also prevents balding in males. This was the first clue that testosterone contributed to balding. Researchers have also discovered that a person's predisposition to baldness increases in proportion to the recessiveness of their hair gene. Caucasians are more likely to have hair loss than those of other races since thinning hair is more common among those with lighter hair. Beyond